Selfies, photobombers and pizzas at the Oscars

Popular television host Ellen DeGeneres hosted this year’s Academy Awards after a gap of seven years. She may not have been a nominee, but she managed to break a big record there.

| TNN | Mar 4, 2014, 12.00 AM IST

Ellen's selfie with Hollywood stars has become the most re-tweeted pic ever!

Ellen breaks Barack Obama's retweet record with her selfiePopular television host Ellen DeGeneres hosted this year's Academy Awards after a gap of seven years. She may not have been a nominee, but she managed to break a big record there. This record surprisingly did not pertain to films but broke Barack Obama's retweet record. Obama held the record for 778,000+ retweets for his re-election photo. Ellen, mid-way into the ceremony, clicked this picture with the stars and tweeted it. She claimed to break Obama's record, and she did. While going to print, this picture has already been retweeted over 2 million times.

Sherlock photobombs U2 While there were many contenders for 'Best Photobomber of the night' (Jared Leto, Kevin Spacey to name a few), it was popular British actor Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock Holmes fame), who amused all with his funny high jump that crashed rock band U2's picture on the red carpet. This picture went viral on the net and took all by surprise as the actor is perceived to be too posh to kid around.

The pizza frenzy at the awards When Ellen ordered a pizzas during the ceremony, Brad Pitt unabashedly tucked into it and also offered Chiwetel Ejiofor some.

Stars who got their moms to the Oscars If you thought being mama's boys is an Indian trait, you are wrong. It was great to see so many Hollywood superstars not just thanking their mom, but bringing them to the Oscars. On winning the Oscar for the Best Supporting Actor for Dallas Buyers Club, Jared Leto said, "In 1971... in the city of Louisina there was a teenage girl who was pregnant with her second child. She was a high school drop out, and a single mom, she encouraged her kids to be creative and work hard. That girl is my mother and she's here tonight. I love you mom, thank you for teaching me to dream."

List of winners Gravity with seven awards, bagged the most number of Oscars this year, followed by 12 Years A Slave and Dallas Buyers Club with three each.

Best Film: 12 Years A Slave Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity) Best Actor in a Leading Role: Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club) Best Actress in a Leading Role: Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) Best Actor in a Supporting Role Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) Best Actress in a Supporting Role Lupita Nyong (12 Years A Slave) Best Animated Feature Frozen Best Documentary Feature 20 Feet From Stardom Best Adapted Screenplay 12 Years A Slave Best Original Screenplay Her Best Foreign Language Film The Great Beauty (Italy) Best Cinematography Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki) Best Visual Effects Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould) Best Original Score Gravity (Steven Price) Best Original Song: Let It Go - Frozen

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